User blog comment:Dr. Eggman rox 2/Devil May Cry Timeline/@comment-6769189-20140613192429

DMC2 also can't come before DMC1 because in DMC1 Dantes DT was effected by his DA, which didnt happen in DMC2. On another note, the narrator mentions that Sparda fought with a sword that bore his own name, a detail that shouldn't be revealed DMC2 was before DMC1, just like DMC3 always called it Force Edge.